The English Movies Thread (No Spoilers Please)

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Though the 3D effects were breathtaking, the movie failed to impress.
It felt more like a boring ...

All these years, I honestly kept away from watching the Star Wars series because I thought it was over-hyped. But after being inspired by this thread, went ahead and watched it. I ended up in a marathon - watched 4 in one go!

I absolutely love this series. I liked all 6 films and unlike most people I liked the new ones more than the old ones. Maybe because I had seen the the old ones after new ones.

BlackMass was such a disappointment. Didnt want to go reading the reviews, but then friends wanted to watch it. The pace is SOOOO SLOW! I had watched a documentary on whitey before so this was not new to me. The movie revealed more but the pace just sucked. The good action sequences got over too quick and all you were left with was dialogues and more dialogues in boring settings.

I would rate it a 2/5 just for the story. Acting was ok but gosh did i Yawn.

Watched a interesting movie which if released in india should be watched.

Straight Outta Compton:
Total race related movie with regards to the Music group NWA - Famous folks you would know is Ice Cube and Dr Dre and Suge knight if you know the infamous Tupac Shakur murder.

This movie was good and fun to watch. The chemistry between the folks was awesome and showed the struggle people had to go through to get to where they are. I was thoroughly impressed by this movie.

Its not for the family.

Watch it if you like rap.

4/5. Its a 93% on rotten tomatoes after 4-5 weeks of release so imagine.

I absolutely love this series. I liked all 6 films and unlike most people I liked the new ones more than the old ones. Maybe because I had seen the the old ones after new ones.

Cant wait for 7,8,9

Yeah same here! I thought the newer ones were really good. Liked the older ones too except for some of the "creatures" - they reminded me of "Evil Dead". Hehehe, blasphemous for Star Wars fan for sure!

Starring Robert De Niro & Anne Hathaway, it's a film about an e-commerce startup that hires a senior citizen as an intern.

It's a very sweet movie. De Niro is awesome as is Anne Hathaway in their respective roles. Lots of laughter and funny moments in the movie. Won't reveal any of the story as there isn't much. Please do watch it if you get a chance.

In my long running IMDB Top 250 project (which has slowly chugged along to 127 over the last 7 years), caught up with Les Diabolique and Wages of Fear directed by French director Henri-Georges Clouzot.

Les Diabolique is an excellent thriller. The movie is almost a perfect ten and well worth a watch. Movie is in French though.

Wages of Fear isn't too far behind, but is more of an action-adventure-suspense movie. This one is multi-lingual Spanish, Italian, French, English in tandem.

Yeah I remember watching wages of fear many years ago (on screen at the NFAI in pune ) it was great. The cigarette rolling scene when the tobacco flies off is an incredible one. The film won the golden bear at Berlin and the Palm d or at cannes in 1953, the year of its release

Something like inherent vice, interstellar and such. I can't seem to enjoy any romance/light hearted movies these days.

What genre are you looking for? Offbeat?

Some which I could pick from my IMDB ratings list:

Lives of Others (German)
A Separation (Iranian)
Intouchables (French)
Moon
Moonrise Kingdom, Grand Budapest Hotel (among Wes Anderson movies, in general his movies have a quirky style which you can experiment)
Carnage
Before Midnight
Lord of War